brahmana

Alternative forms

 * brāhmaṇa

Etymology
Anglicized/transliterated from.

Noun

 * 1) The brahmin varna in Hinduism. (Plural: brahmana.)
 * 2) A brahmin; a member of the brahmana (sense 1).
 * 3) * "'It was I who struck this wily brāhmaṇa' said Virāṭa." (Mahābhārata: "Virāṭa Parva")
 * 4) A prose text that explains aspects of the Vedas.

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1)  a Brahmin, a man belonging to the 1st of the 3 twice-born classes and of the 4 original divisions of the Hindu body (generally a priest, but often in the present day a layman engaged in non-priestly occupations although the name is strictly only applicable to one who knows and repeats the veda).